Display device



Nov. 1,1938. M. M. SOYBEL ET AL 2,134,846

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed June 30, 1936 Patented Nov. 1, 1938 UNITED STATESDISPLAY DEVICE Meyer M. Soybel, Brooklyn, and Thomas B. Lamb,

Scarsdale, N. Y., assignors to Shoe Lace Company, Portland, Maine, acorporation of Maine Application June 30,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to display devices and is herein illustrated asembodied in a display receptacle for shoe laces.

A considerable proportion of the expense in the marketing of low pricedgoods, particularly of the notions type sold in small lots, lies in thepackaging and display of the goods. With this in view it is an object ofthe present invention to provide a package for merchandise such as shoelaces which will be economical in construction and assembly and which,at the same time, will adequately display the goods and present anattractive appearance from the sales point of view.

To this end, and as shown, we have provided a display device formed ofsheet material consisting of a body portion and a flap connected by aneck portion in which the neck portion is folded inwardly upon itself toform an open-ended receptacle, the flap being positioned over the bodyportion in overlapping relation and secured thereto. This device has theappearance of a card upon which display advertising may appear, andalong one edge of which is an open-ended receptacle for receiving shoelaces or other elongated articles.

Preferably, and as shown, the neck portion is shorter than the bodyportion so that the ends of articles positioned in the receptacle formedmay project beyond the ends of the receptacle where they can be seen,but they will nevertheless be supported by the body portion. Thisconstruction is advantageous in that it is inexpensive to make and canbe readily assembled. It should be understood, however, that ourinvention is not limited to this construction.

These and other features of the invention are shown in the accompanyingdrawing, will be described in the following detailed specification, andwill be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which a display deviceconstituting one embodiment of our invention can be made;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the assembled device with shoe laces inposition in the receptacle; and

Fig. 3 is a cross section through the device taken along the lineIIL-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 illustrates a blank l0, preferably of card- 50 board or othersheet material, from which the device is constructed. The blankcomprises a rectangular body portion l2 and a rectangular flap [4connected together by a neck portion 16 which is divided into severalareas I8, 20, and 22 by score lines 24, 2B, 28 and 30 which provideweak- PATENT OFFICE 1936, Serial No. 88,164

ened portions along which the blank may be folded. The blank is foldedalong the score lines so that the flap I4 overlaps the body portion [2as best shown in Fig. 3, and the neck portion I6 is doubled over uponitself laterally of the face 5 of the body portion l2 so that the areas[8, 20, and 22 with the lower part of the body portion form the walls ofan open-ended receptacle extending along the lower edge of the bodyportion. The parts are held in assembled relation by securing the flapto the body portion by suitable means such as adhesive 32.

The length of the neck I 6 is somewhat less than the length of themembers [2 and M with the result that articles positioned in thereceptacle may extend beyond the ends of the receptacle and rest inplain view upon the lower part of the body portion l2.

It is to be noted that the flap [4 is of the same length as the bodyportion and in its assembled position covers the greater part thereofthus presenting an unbroken surface above the receptacle which can beutilized for advertising.

In the use of the display device, elongated articles such as shoe laces34 are placed in the receptacle with portions projecting beyond the endsthereof where they can readily be inspected. The construction describedprovides a display device which is compact, which can be readilyassembled, and one which is inexpensive to make.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A display device formed from sheet material shaped and bent to form abody portion, a flap, a neck portion of less width than the body portionconnecting the body portion and the flap and extending outwardly from anedge of the body portion then laterally across a part of the face of thebody portion and then inwardly to the body portion thereby to formtherewith an open-ended receptacle of less width than the body portion,and means for securing the flap to the body portion.

2. A display device formed from sheet material comprising a bodyportion, a neck portion of less width than the body portion andextending outwardly from one edge of the body portion then laterallyacross a part of the face of the body portion and inwardly toward theface to form therewith an open-ended receptacle the front face of whichis shorter than the back face thereof, and a flap extending from theneck portion across a part of the face of the body portion and securedthereto.

3. A display device formed from sheet material shaped and bent to form abody portion, a neck portion of less width than the body portion andextending outwardly therefrom then laterally across part of the face ofthe body portion, and then inwardly to the body portion, thereby to formtherewith an open-ended receptacle of less width than the body portion,a flap of the same width as the body portion extending from the end ofthe neck portion along the face of the body portion, and means forsecuring the flap to the body portion.

MEYER M. SOYBEL. THOMAS B. LAMB.

